ANNAPOLIS, Md. — The Delaware State News and the Dorchester Banner collected six best-of-show design awards and 16 overall first-place awards in the 2022 Maryland-Delaware-D.C. Press Association contest.
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ANNAPOLIS, Md. — The Delaware State News and the Dorchester Banner collected six best-of-show design awards and 16 overall first-place awards in the 2022 Maryland-Delaware-D.C. Press Association contest.
The Delaware State News won four first-place awards in news categories. The staff was honored for its 2022 Voters Guide at BaytoBayNews.com and its “Diabetes in Delaware” and “Fears of Fentanyl” series.
In addition, copy editor Beth Skinner won first place in the headline category for “Lemon-aid: Profits from Smyrna brothers’ juice stand benefit Food Bank.”
Graphic artist D.J. Short had best-of-show design honors in five categories, sharing two with marketing and advertising consultant Dave Cannon of the Dorchester Banner.
Angi Hicks and Joy Ferrio of the Delaware State News won a best-of-show award in the large print advertising category.
Winners in design and news categories were honored at a ceremony Friday in Annapolis.
The Delmarva Group of Independent Newsmedia Inc. USA includes BaytoBayNews.com, the Delaware State News, the Dorchester Banner, the Salisbury Independent and the Crisfield-Somerset County Times.
The contest, governed by the association’s Editorial and Advertising committees, admitted more than 1,400 entries among 85 categories.
There are seven divisions in the contest, which groups member publications into daily and nondaily print and online-only categories, then further group them by circulation. One best-in show award is given in each category across all divisions.
The entries were judged by members of the Louisiana Press Association.
Independent Newsmedia honors included:
DELAWARE STATE NEWS
Best of show in design
First place in news
First place in design
Second place in news
Second place in design
DORCHESTER BANNER
Best of show in design
Second place in design
SALISBURY INDEPENDENT
Second place in news
SUSSEX POST
Best of show in design
First place in design
CRISFIELD-SOMERSET COUNTY TIMES
First place in design